Posts tagged “Chronic Illness”
What’s a grad student worth?
I have a post up today on Tenure, She Wrote about structural financial barriers in academia for chronically ill graduate students. If a worker is less productive, should they be paid less? This is not an abstract question for me. As a sick graduate student, I take longer to produce academic products like papers and […]
Mid-August Migraine Log – Too Many Variables Edition
I started a new drug at the end of January – micronor – with the hopes that it would help with the increase in severe migraine attacks I get around my period. I then promptly had 3 periods in 2 months which then dropped off to a happier once every 4-6 weeks schedule. The frequency […]
Sick people are gross I guess
I whine about people not taking migraine seriously, but we’re pretty shit at properly caring for any sick people who are not rich as god. A few months ago I was in line at the grocery store behind a construction worker buying ginger ale on her break to help with her nausea – she was […]
What I hear when people try to justify neoliberalism
Everything would be easier if you just didn’t exist.
Not hired
So I was interviewing someone to clean my house since I’m too sick to do it myself. I made the mistake of mentioning my migraine and was treated to a mini-lecture on how I could cure my migraine if I learned to control my stress with yoga and meditation. Thanks to years of yoga and […]
Prepping for a doctor’s appointment OR a meeting with my PhD committee?
Read lots of scientific papers Collect data Make graphs Write an agenda and script Practice presentation Intense hope and fear
Priorities
I’ve read more papers on my illness than I have on my PhD topic. I’m never going to graduate, am I?